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Crown Hill

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Getting here

53.31486, -0.11608

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Corn Bunting +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Corn Bunting +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Heath, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell +90 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Heath, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Greater Knapweed, Tufted Vetch +120 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Greater Knapweed, Tufted Vetch +120 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Wild Marjoram, Raspberry, Hogweed +3 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Silver Lincs WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lindsey TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,650 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,650 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

autumn

2026

Barn Owl · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +15

Barn OwlTyto alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2025

Hydrophoria lancifer · Tillus elongatus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Bibio leucopterus · Hylemya variata +13

Hydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lancifer
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
Hylemya variataHylemya variata
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Nanna fasciataNanna fasciata
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus
Empis stercoreaEmpis stercorea
HylemyaHylemya
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Azelia cilipesAzelia cilipes
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni

🌿

Plants153 species

spring

2026

Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Lesser Trefoil · Hogweed · Small Nettle · Soft-brome +148

Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Japanese LarchLarix kaempferi2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025
Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2025
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2025
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
WalnutJuglans regia2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Common SedgeCarex nigra2025
ElmUlmus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,650 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

autumn

2026

Barn Owl · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +15

Barn OwlTyto alba
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2025

Hydrophoria lancifer · Tillus elongatus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Bibio leucopterus · Hylemya variata +13

Hydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lancifer
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
Hylemya variataHylemya variata
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Nanna fasciataNanna fasciata
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus
Empis stercoreaEmpis stercorea
HylemyaHylemya
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Azelia cilipesAzelia cilipes
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni

🌿

Plants153 species

spring

2026

Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Lesser Trefoil · Hogweed · Small Nettle · Soft-brome +148

Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Japanese LarchLarix kaempferi2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025
Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Bay WillowSalix pentandra2025
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contemptaViola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
WatercressNasturtium officinale2025
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2025
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2025
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
WalnutJuglans regia2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Common SedgeCarex nigra2025
ElmUlmus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025